Head cleaner, liquid discharge apparatus, and head cleaning method
A head clean includes a wiping device configured to wipe a nozzle surface of a head mounted on a carriage, and a holder configured to movably hold the wiping device. The holder includes a connector configured to detachably attach the holder to a guide rod configured to guide a reciprocal movement of the carriage.
1. A head cleaner comprising:
a wiping device configured to wipe a nozzle surface of a head mounted on a carriage; and
a holder configured to movably hold the wiping device, the wiping device being movable with respect to the holder,
wherein the holder includes a connector configured to detachably attach the holder to a guide rod configured to guide a reciprocal movement of the carriage.
2. The head cleaner according to claim 1 ,
wherein the wiping device includes:
a wiper configured to wipe the nozzle surface of the head; and
a slider configured to hold the wiper, and
the holder movably holds the slider.
3. The head cleaner according to claim 2 ,
wherein the wiper is detachably attached to the slider.
4. The head cleaner according to claim 2 ,
wherein the holder includes a guide slit along a moving direction of the wiping device, and
the slider includes a convex portion fitted into the guide slit, and the slider is configured to slidably move along the guide slit.
5. The head cleaner according to claim 4 ,
wherein the guide slit is parallel to the nozzle surface of the head when the holder is attached to the guide rod.
6. The head cleaner according to claim 2 ,
wherein the guide rod is configured to guide the reciprocal movement of the carriage in a main-scanning direction, and
the holder is configured to movably hold the slider in a sub-scanning direction perpendicular to the main-scanning direction.
7. A head cleaner according to claim 1 ,
wherein the connector includes a hook to be detachably hooked on the guide rod.
8. A head cleaner according to claim 1 ,
wherein the connector is a magnet.
9. A liquid discharge apparatus comprising:
a head configured to discharge a liquid onto a print target;
a carriage configured to mount the head;
a guide rod configured to guide a reciprocal movement of the carriage; and
the head cleaner according to claim 1 .
10. The liquid discharge apparatus according to claim 9 ,
wherein the guide rod includes at least two guide rods, the carriage is disposed between said at least two guide rods in a sub-scanning direction perpendicular to a moving direction of the carriage,
wherein the holder is detachably attachable to said at least two guides.
11. The liquid discharge apparatus according to claim 10 , further comprising:
an ejection port from which the print target is ejected, the ejection port disposed at one end side of the liquid discharge apparatus in the sub-scanning direction along which the print target is conveyed,
wherein said at least two guide rods includes:
a first guide rod disposed at said one end side in the sub-scanning direction; and
a second guide rod disposed at another end side opposite to said one end side in the sub-scanning direction,
the connector includes a hook to be detachably hooked on the first guide rod.
12. The liquid discharge apparatus according to claim 11 ,
wherein the holder includes a notch at said another end side in the sub-scanning direction.
13. A liquid discharge apparatus according to claim 11 ,
wherein the holder includes a wall at said another end side in the sub-scanning direction.
14. A liquid discharge apparatus according to claim 9 , further comprising:
a color nozzle array configured to discharge a color ink;
a white nozzle array configured to discharge a white ink;
wherein the wiping device includes:
a first wiper configured to wipe the color nozzle array; and
a second wiper configured to wipe the white nozzle array, and
a height of the first wiper is higher than a height of the second wiper when the holder is connected to the guide rod.
15. The liquid discharge apparatus according to claim 9 ,
wherein the head discharges a liquid onto a cloth.
16. A head cleaning method, comprising: wiping the nozzle surface of the head mounted on the carriage with the head cleaner of claim 1 .
17. A liquid discharge apparatus comprising:
a head configured to discharge a liquid onto a print target;
a carriage configured to mount the head;
a guide rod configured to guide a reciprocal movement of the carriage; and
a head cleaner configured to wipe a nozzle surface of the head,
wherein the head cleaner comprises:
a wiping device configured to wipe the nozzle surface of the head mounted on the carriage; and
a holder configured to movably hold the wiping device, the wiping device being movable with respect to the holder,
wherein the holder includes a connector configured to detachably attach the holder to the carriage.
18. The liquid discharge apparatus according to claim 17 ,
wherein the wiping device includes:
a wiper configured to wipe the nozzle surface of the head; and
a slider configured to hold the wiper,
the guide rod is configured to guide the reciprocal movement of the carriage in a main-scanning direction, and
the holder is configured to movably hold the slider in a sub-scanning direction perpendicular to the main-scanning direction.